Roller-bearing cage



some r. ros'rnn, or Form: Manson, Iowa.

ROLLER-BEARING Application filed November 20, 1919. Serial No. 339,373.

T all whom; it may concern he it"known that I, Jonx citizen of the United States,

State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roller-Bearing Cages, of which the following is a specificat on.

This invention relates to roller bearings, and more especially to bearings composed of tapered or conical rollers mounted in a, circular cage, and peculiarly suitable for use in the wheels of motor vehicles though susceptible of use in other connections.

Certain bearings of this .type employ flanges at opposite sides of the rollers to retain the latter in position, the flanges beingresilient so that cooperating pairs therebending or springing under the play of the.

rollers.

them the respective rollers,

cage shown in yFi 4 i 1 is a ragmental section taken in a roller of Figure 4.-

of maybe sprung apart to receive between dislocation of the, rollers when also, prevent operative position, and

the cage is not in likewise resistlateral play or bodily twisting movements of the rollers. I have found that the lateral play or, bodily twisting movements of the rollers al'e destructive of the flanges, and that better results in the way ofstrength and durability are obtained providing a ring between. the flanges, prov'ded with openings so snugly receiving the rollers that bodily twisting thereof tendingto dispose them at angles to their proper position, will be checked by they said ring instead of by the said flanges, thus protecting the latter from injury due to incessant With the object therefore of producing an efiicient and durable cage for roller bearings, the invention consists in' certain'novel and useful features of construction and combinations ofparts as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understood, reference is to behad to the accompanying drawing, in Which:-

Figure is a view partly in end elevation and part] in section on the line 1,-I of JFigure 3, is a fragmentarysection show-r in a slightly modified form ofconstruction.

igure 4, is a plan the p ane of one end of "i Fos'rEn, a I residing at, Fort Madlson, in the county of Lee and" either inward or outward,

and said flanges- ,for the reception'of ings in any twisting igure 2, is a view partly in side elevation and partly in central vertical section, of the inner conical ring,

View ofpart of the In the saiddrawing, 1 indicates the rollers ot the bearing, the same being arranged in circular series and engaging the periphery ,of the inner sleeve 2, and the'inner circumference of the outer sleeve or collar 3-, the inner sleeve bein adjustably mounted on the shaft 4, as shown or in any other suitable manner.

The cage for the rollers, comprises an inner conical ring 5, an i 6 and an intermediate ring 7 the three rings being nested together and firmly secured in any approved manner against independent movement. The cage thus produced is stifi'- ened .and strengthened by marginal beads or flanges ably by'bending the rings 8, formed preferand securing them together in any proper manner.

The cage is provided with suitable equiouter conical ring the provision of spaced openings 9, formed in the three rings a the central ring rower than those in the rings providing ers to restrict lateral play and twisting movement thereof. To retain the rollers in 5 and 6, and

the cage when the latter is not in operative position in'the bearing,- the rings 5 and 6 but slight clearance for the rolla the rollers, the openbeing slightly her- 86 are respectively provided with movable portions or flanges 10 and 11, those for each roller being disposed at opposite sides oi the openings occupied by such roller. The said flanges overlap the rollers sufficiently to retain them in position ancmust be pressed or sprung apart to permit the .rolh

ers to be inserted or removed, itheing'understood that a roller can be inserted or removed by moving apart cooperating flanges of the outer rin for example.v

The side Walls of t e oenti'al orintermediate. ring and the flanges of the nner and outer rings provide contactsior the respective rollers which are 'substantiallgi,

- concentric therewith and hear such relation tosuch rollers as to offer oppositionto i or in and out movement of the rollersand thus hold them in perfect alinement and equal distances from the axis it bein noted that the intermediate ring whiclris fiangeless,

is of suflicientthickness to alone prevent appreciable twis mg movements of the roll,- ei's in a dlrection circumferential of: e

don'cal collar.

{Tin F re 3, tl a' hrra war th th neing parts are similarly identified, the inteirmediate ring 7, is of increased thickness and. the openings in the otherrings are of width to guard against the rollers falling from position. in this construction. the

\ flanges and. ll, are omitted the outer ring being keried or slit at 12, so that the portions adjacent the sides of the rollers may he pressed or hent outwardly as at 13, to permit of the insertion or removal of the rollers, the bent portions, after the inser tion of the rollers, being flattened out to conform to the body of the ring and overlap the openings in ring 7, For the purpose of retaining the rollers against dislocation. it will he noted that the width of the openings ot. the inner ring is such that the rollers cannot he passed therctln-ough. in this construction the rings-:7 and (3 need not heel resilient material. but it not should he of material which will sustain bending without danger of fracture.

From the ahove description it will; ,he apparent that l have n'oduced a roller-carry ing cage for roller l'iearings, which ern bodies the features oi ad vantage set forth in the statement of the ohject of the invention,-and which mav he modified in minor particulars without departing from the principle of construction involved.

I claim:

-I. In a roller bearing, three tapering rings fitting one within another and provided with'registering taperingopeningzs of equal length a circular se ies of tapering rollers fitting ins-aid openings. the sidewalls of the latter occupying planes concentric to the axes of the respective rollers and hearing such relation thereto as to retain them in place and prevent them from twisting in any-direction, the intermediate ring alone being adapted for preventing twisting movement of the rollers in a direction rir cumterential of the series thereof.

2. In a roller bearing, three tapering rings fitting one Within anotherand provided with registering tapering openingsot' equal length, a circular series of tapering rollers fitting in said openings, the sidewalls of the latter occupying planes concentric to the axes of the respective rollers and hearing such relation thereto as to retain them in place and prevent them from twisting in any direction, the jntermediate ring alone being adapted for preventing twisting tapering and pro-. openings of tapering rollers fitting in said openings, the sidewalls of thelatter' occupying planes eoncentric to the axes of the respective'rolleis and hearing such relation theretoasi to retain them in "place and prevent them from twisting in any direction. the intermediate ring alone being adapted for preventing twisting movement of the rollers in a direetion c1rruniterential of the series thereof;

the outer ring having outwardly converging flanges snugly emhraemgthe respective roll ers and the inner ring. having inwardlyconverging flanges snugly embracing the re-.

spective rollers, the said flanges projecting from the side margins of. the said openings of the respective rings. I

4. In a roller hearing three tapering rings fitting one within another and ie,

virled with registering, tapering openings of equal length. a circular series of tapering rollers fitting in said openings, the sidewalls of the latter-occupying planes concentric to the axes of the respective rollersand hearing 'sa'ieh relation thereto asto retain them in place and prevent thein from twisting in any direction; the intermediate ring alone being adapted v movement of the rollers ina direction cirfor preiienting' twisting cumierential of the series thereof; the outer.

ring: having its circular margih of greatest diameter terminatingin an outwardly-projecting circular flange, and its other circular margin terminating in an inwardly project inn circular flanp'e. and t'l'ieinner ring having its margin of smallest diameter terminetting in an inwardly-projeetiniz circular. flange abutting the inner taceot' the inturned flange -of the outer ring, and its other margin terminating: in a circular outwafilly-projecting flange abutting the adjacent edge or outer face of the outwardlyprojecting flange of the outer ring.

in testimony whereof, I atfix my signature.

JOHN F. rosrnn. 

